Ben worked for this man for free to learn about printing newspapers.
Who is his brother (James)
100
A book that gives weather information for each year
What is an almanac?
100
Name two of the things that Ben helped start. (He didn't invent them, but helped Start them)
Acceptable answers:
What is the a) firestation
b) public library
c) public school
d) hospital
e) post office
100
Benjamin Franklin signed this piece of paper which said we should be free from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
Ben's first job, at age 10, was making this for his father.
What is soap and candles?
200
Ben slipped the newspaper under the door at night. He wrote a different name as the author. He actually pretended that he was a woman (named Silence Dogwood) so his brother would do this.
How did Ben get his brother to publish his newspaper writing?
200
to make something new or in a new way
What is inventing?
200
Ben flew a kite to discover this was in lightning.
What is electricity?
200
Ben got this country to come and help the colonies win the war against Great Britain.
What is France?
300
Ben's second job (at age 12)
What is an apprentice printer?
300
The newspaper that Ben Franklin started was called this.
What is the Pennsylvania Gazette?
300
A kind of scientific test done to find out something or to prove an idea
What is an experiment?
300
Ben's kite experiment helped him to invent this. It kept houses safer during storms.
What is the lightening rod?
300
Ben helped write these rules which still tell Americans how to live today.
What is the United States Constitution?
400
Putting words on paper to create newspapers or books.
What is the job of a printer?
400
A special book with a calendar, jokes, poems and sayings. Ben was the author but pretended his name was Richard, a very poor man.
What is Poor Richard's Almanac?
400
What war did the colonist fight against Great Britain?
What is the Revolutionary War
400
Benjamin invented these glasses to help people see things close up and far away.
What are bifocals?
400
Ben wanted this to be a rule, but most people said, "No."
What is no more slavery?
500
Ben's age when he ran away from home.
What is 17?
500
Name the subject that Ben loved the most in school.
What is Reading.
500
an important paper in American history. Colonists call King George III crazy and think his rules are unfair.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
Name two of Ben's inventions that we still use today.
Acceptable answers:
What is the a) lightning rod
b) bifocals
c) how to use electricity
500
Benjamin Franklin had a lot of good ideas for what country?